Zen Garden is not so mysterious if you're odd enough to vape it near a well-stocked spice rack.
I matched the flavor fairly quickly.(referring to dried herbs for all of these) Mix about 40% basil, 20% oregano, 10% rosemary, 5% sage, 5% thyme. It's not 100% yet, but set some of this aside with a note 'batch #1.' To the remainder, complete the 100% with 20% dried mint leaves (spearmint, not peppermint) and label it 'batch #2.' You can mash each batch to amplify the scents/flavors to sniff -- or if you're odd like I am, you can also brew them into tea. In any case, time to vape:
Vape Zen Garden at 2-3% (anywhere in that range) at fairly low power. You'll taste 'batch #1.' As you increase the power you'll notice a sweet, background note. It combines strangely with the pine-needle part of rosemary. Pungent + sweet could give an impression of ginger, but the next step clarifies the actual flavors involved.
Next vape 5% Zen Garden, starting with low power. It tastes like batch #1, just like the end of the 2-3% vape, only stronger. But now increase the power, and the pungency is more easily identified as rosemary.... and the sweetness as spearmint. Continue raising your power (Zen can take it) and flavoring concentration (6-7%) and spearmint becomes the dominant flavor. Over 7%, basil and spearmint are at war, and I couldn't vape it beyond that.
Subjectively....I'm vaping an Italian spice rack, Italian salad dressing without vinegar/oil, pizza sauce without tomato after chewing spearmint gum...
Actual comment of innocent by-stander (non-vaper): "Are you vaping PIZZA? - oh gawwwd - what's in the coffee cups??" LOL!
I matched the flavor fairly quickly.(referring to dried herbs for all of these) Mix about 40% basil, 20% oregano, 10% rosemary, 5% sage, 5% thyme. It's not 100% yet, but set some of this aside with a note 'batch #1.' To the remainder, complete the 100% with 20% dried mint leaves (spearmint, not peppermint) and label it 'batch #2.' You can mash each batch to amplify the scents/flavors to sniff -- or if you're odd like I am, you can also brew them into tea. In any case, time to vape:
Vape Zen Garden at 2-3% (anywhere in that range) at fairly low power. You'll taste 'batch #1.' As you increase the power you'll notice a sweet, background note. It combines strangely with the pine-needle part of rosemary. Pungent + sweet could give an impression of ginger, but the next step clarifies the actual flavors involved.
Next vape 5% Zen Garden, starting with low power. It tastes like batch #1, just like the end of the 2-3% vape, only stronger. But now increase the power, and the pungency is more easily identified as rosemary.... and the sweetness as spearmint. Continue raising your power (Zen can take it) and flavoring concentration (6-7%) and spearmint becomes the dominant flavor. Over 7%, basil and spearmint are at war, and I couldn't vape it beyond that.
Subjectively....I'm vaping an Italian spice rack, Italian salad dressing without vinegar/oil, pizza sauce without tomato after chewing spearmint gum...
Actual comment of innocent by-stander (non-vaper): "Are you vaping PIZZA? - oh gawwwd - what's in the coffee cups??" LOL!
